Various Artists - Cambodia: Royal Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Traditional Cambodian music can be heard at a number of occasions-for example, spiritual rites, weddings, Buddhist festivals, and performances of shadow theatre (a kind of shadow puppetry). in Cambodia Traditional Music, Vol. 1, the Phleng Khmer Ensemble and Pinpeat Ensemble play instruments such as the khse diev (one-string lute), phlom slek (Inchblow leafInch), pai-ar (bamboo flute), chhing (hand cymbals), and skor arak (small drum). The musicians improvise words and vocals around an underlying structure and follow their fellow performers to create complex layers of rhythm. Album Tracks 1. Khse Diev 2. Phlom Slek 3. Krom Phleng Khmer 4. Krom Phleng Kar Hom Rong 5. Chhayam 6. Krom Phleng Pinpeat 7. Mohori 8. Krom Phleng Pinpeat 9. Krom Phleng Pinpeat

The album opens with an entrancing tune played on a single reed bamboo flute that enthralls and draws the listener into the musical journey presented in this collection. Recorded in 1979 and compiled by revered composer Chinary Ung, Chinary focuses on capturing and documenting both the songs themselves and the instruments on which the songs were performed for fear that Inchwith the advent of modernization, many kinds of Cambodian music will disappear.Inch Liner notes include detailed information on the musical instruments. Album Tracks 1. Pei Pok 2. Chapei Veng 3. Phlom Sneng 4. Khmer Loeu 5. Khmer Loeu 6. Krom Phleng Mohori - Style of the Ayaii Dance Ensemble 7. Krom Phleng Kar 8. Krom Phleng Kar 9. Rabam Kragoak 10. Rabam Traloak

Various Artists - Cambodia Folk & Ceremonial Music [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/30/2014